neowind712 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 Wow, that's some awesome growth on the frogspawn. Do you dose or feed anything? Really great tank. I feed the tank baby brine shrimp and cyclopeez about twice a month. I do not dose any though. Link to comment
mad.scientist.2012 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I have a question for you. Your tank is FANTASTIC, and this thread has been extremely helpful to me, so I'm going to pick your brain a bit. I've done saltwater before, but definitely focused more on the livestock than on corals, though I did have a few low maintenance corals. I now want to set up a pico like yours...largely corals, maybe a shrimp for interest. I currently have an Evolve 8 set up as a planted freshwater (seriously love these little tanks!), and I have an unopened Evolve 4 that I just picked up and was going to use for the pico. In your personal opinion, for a pico reef, should I use the evo 4, or should I go exchange it for another 8? I LOVE yours, and I just want to make sure I have enough room for stuff to grow, as I don't currently have a larger SW tank set up that I could move things that have outgrown it to. Also, thanks for the suggestions about upgrades. I will definitely be getting the beamworks light you have....looks fantastic. I'll have to check out the filter issues as well. Great thread....definitely keep us posted on yours! On a side note, I'm from Knoxville as well, so it's cracking me up to see you guys talking about Aquarium. I used to get all my FW stuff there I'm in Houston now and we have a similar store but they tend to be better at SW than FW. Link to comment
neowind712 Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 I have a question for you. Your tank is FANTASTIC, and this thread has been extremely helpful to me, so I'm going to pick your brain a bit. I've done saltwater before, but definitely focused more on the livestock than on corals, though I did have a few low maintenance corals. I now want to set up a pico like yours...largely corals, maybe a shrimp for interest. I currently have an Evolve 8 set up as a planted freshwater (seriously love these little tanks!), and I have an unopened Evolve 4 that I just picked up and was going to use for the pico. In your personal opinion, for a pico reef, should I use the evo 4, or should I go exchange it for another 8? I LOVE yours, and I just want to make sure I have enough room for stuff to grow, as I don't currently have a larger SW tank set up that I could move things that have outgrown it to. Also, thanks for the suggestions about upgrades. I will definitely be getting the beamworks light you have....looks fantastic. I'll have to check out the filter issues as well. Great thread....definitely keep us posted on yours! On a side note, I'm from Knoxville as well, so it's cracking me up to see you guys talking about Aquarium. I used to get all my FW stuff there I'm in Houston now and we have a similar store but they tend to be better at SW than FW. Honestly it comes down to how much room do you have. If you have room for the 8 I would go for it as it will be easier and more room. If you do not have much room then go with the 4. The hardest thing about the 4 gallon is evaporation and space. The 8 gallon would be easier on both those levels. I love the Evolve tanks and I love PICO because it is so much easier to do water changes. I wish you all the luck. Make sure and get a good light it makes or breaks the tank. I highly recommend the Beamswork that I have. Also make sure and get some ChemiPure Elite and a Phosphate bag and put in the first chamber it will help a ton. So I had an accident in the tank a few nights ago. I was trying to move my red/blue brain to a different spot because people keep saying that the skeleton is showing and when I was trying to move it I had a crash of my rock scape. Corals went flying and the rocks came tumbling down. Not a good night. The bad thing about it is that my tank looked the best I think it had when this happened. I was unable to get the rock scape back in the right order without hurting my goby and shrimp so I had to compromise. How bad do you think it turned out????? Link to comment
mad.scientist.2012 Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 What is your perspective on the beamswork you have (9x1w) vs the other one they have that is 6x3w? Is the higher wattage even NECESSARY? I've read some complaints from people that the 6x3w produces a blue line in the middle because the blues aren't spread out, so I am leaning towards the one you have, but I was just wondering about whether the higher wattage of the 6x3w would make it worth having? Link to comment
neowind712 Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 I think the 3 watt LED will cause heat issues in the tank. People who have used the 6x3 on picos have complained. I am getting great growth out of the 9x1 even in my sps. Link to comment
neowind712 Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 Haven't had an update in a while so here it goes. The new brain coral I had did not like swapping over to LED from the old VHO that the LFS had. It also got into a fight with some mushrooms in my tank. It seems to be recovering, but is not extending its feeders at night so not sure if it will pull through or not. My pistol shrimp has also disappeared for about a week now. Not sure if he is just hiding or what but I have not seen him. Everything else is doing great. My montipora is growing extremely fast which makes me happy. Here is a updated shot. Tank is about 6 months old now. Link to comment
neowind712 Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 Its been forever since I have posted an update. I will try and get some new pictures as soon as I can. Tank is still doing great. Getting good growth out of most of the corals. Link to comment
Mike Savage Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I'm glad to hear it and look forward to seeing those photos! Link to comment
evanski Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Beauteous tank! Will keep an eye on it... Link to comment
firemonster20 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 How do you like the beams work light? I was looking at putting this light on the very same tank. How is its output and what is it able to grow? Link to comment
neowind712 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 Happy one year anniversary to the aquarium!!!! Its been a long time since I have posted an update. Things are going great still for the aquarium. My candy cane has went from 3 heads to 7. My monti has doubled in size. So has my brain coral. I have added another Purple Monti with blue extensions. Hope you enjoy the update. Link to comment
spazizz Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 What happened to the bleached brain, I dont think I see it. Link to comment
neowind712 Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 I had to trade it in. It did not like the LED and I really did not have room for it. Link to comment
neowind712 Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 I am having issues with my ricordea though. It seems to be shrinking away. I am going to try and move it and see what happens when I can. Link to comment
Turbo4toy Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 http://www.aquatraders.com/LED-Clip-On-Aquarium-Light-1W-Marine-Reef-p/56411.htm So this is the one that you used? I was thinking about getting a PAR 38 bulb but if you had results like this with this light I'm thinking this is the way to go for sure. Link to comment
neowind712 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 Yep that's the one. Its still doing great and still getting good steady growth. Link to comment
whoisthegooch Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Sweet tank man....is it still around? Link to comment
neowind712 Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 The tank is still around, but I no longer own it. I moved and sold the entire setup to a friend. I am hoping to setup a new one soon, but haven't got it off the ground yet. Link to comment
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